The election of 2012 has begun to pick up, becoming more competitive, the real competitors coming into view, and already popular candidates among the people. With that being said there is one candidate who has been rising into view. And that one candidate is Herman Cain. He’s bringing about some attention and sharing his views with the public, and its safe to say that a lot of people like him. Some of his admirable qualities include him being a business man, he can run a business and he knows about job demands, and he is a straight talker.
In a poll focusing on the GOP race exhibit Mitt Romney with 20% supporters, Herman Cain with 17% supporters, and Rick Perry with 15% supporters. Herman Cain has been gaining supporters while Rick Perry has been losing supporters.
On the run down Romney came to the light as the front runner in the beginning of the race. Michelle Bachmann was also an early favorite, as soon as she broadcasted that she would be running for president in a debate she rushed into second place in the polls. Soon after Rick Perry entered into the race. Perry was popular for a while and then lost some of his supporters on the way.
As for Cain his rise started after a shocking win in the Florida GOP straw vote. Many of the straw poll voters admitted to the fact that they came into the debate read to vote for Perry but after her dropped the ball in that debate they switched their vote to Cain.
As for Cain’s background, he unlike any other candidate. Cain has no political history but he stands for the average hardworking American which many Americans could relate to. He was a CEO in Godfathers pizza, He attended and graduated college mastering computer science. A unique fact about Cain is that he was a stage 4 cancer survivor, so he is very involve in health care.
Cain has released his very own book this Monday called “This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House". Cain has also came up with this plan called the 9-9-9 plan which is meant to reform the tax code. “The plan calls for a 9% federal income tax, a 9% federal corporate tax, and the creation of a new 9% national sales tax.”
Cain is cementing himself into the election just as Romney has. Although there’s is a attractiveness about Cain being a job creator there is also some doubts and worries about whether he’s ready to be a president. Cain still has a lot to prove and a lot to show as he just becoming more popular. He has to try to hold his position and explain himself and his beliefs more. There is still a lot to prove and he will be battling many new issues as he goes along. It is anticipated when approached against Obama he will had to battle the issue of race and things of that nature.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney of the republican contenders has reassured America that he is in fact a part of the Mormon religion. Romney is scheduled to make a speech on Thursday at college station in Texas. Romney understands that faith and religion is a big part of America’s tradition and he plans on sharing his views and religion to America. Although there is no legal law holding a candidate back from running for president, there are many firm standing republican Christians who are a big part of the election process and the GOP. Romney is trying to point out significant similarities between Mormonism and Catholicism such as the disproval of same sex marriage and abortion.
In a CNN opinion research corp. it was found that about 50% of Americans consider Mormonism to be the same as Christianity, while 41% disagreed. 19% are unlikely to vote for a candidate of Mormon belief while 17% don’t believe that Mormon faith would be an issue or a deciding factor in their vote.
On Friday a pastor from Texas shared some combative views his audience.
The pastor named Robert Jeffress shared to the reporters that no republicans should vote for Mitt Romney. The pastor urges republican voters to side with Rick Perry. The pastor discourages anyone to vote for Mitt Romney for the simple fact that he’s a Mormon, “and described the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a ‘cult.".
Michael Purdy, a announcer for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints, did not comment back to Robert Jeffress controversial comment but he did say "But those who want to understand the centrality of Christ to our faith can learn more about us and what we believe by going to mormon.org,"
Mitt Romney has unfortunately pushed away some of his potential voters by sharing his Mormon faith with America. There are some people who believe that Romney is a well rounded man with good values and morals but aren’t happy with his Mormon faith. These potential supporters are now leaning towards Rick Perry for the republican nomination. For supporters like this religion is a big deciding factor of their vote. They will only choose a firm Christian follower. In the same manner, the Southern Baptist Convention branded Mormonism as a “cult”. The Southern Baptist Convention have their own website in which they listed Mormonism under the “New Religions and Cults” tab.
Rick Perry on the other hand expresses that he does not believe that Mormonism is a cult. He doesn’t agree with some of the views and criticism that some of his supporters do.
During the election Mitt Romney hasn’t hid his religion but he certainly hasn’t been very open to talk about it until recently. In plain view Mormonism is like Christianity but Mormonism has gotten a bad reputation because of their past polygamy beliefs. Polygamy is a concept which stands for a marriage with multiple partners. In fact today polygamy isn’t practiced as much as they use to practice it of not at all.
In a CNN opinion research corp. it was found that about 50% of Americans consider Mormonism to be the same as Christianity, while 41% disagreed. 19% are unlikely to vote for a candidate of Mormon belief while 17% don’t believe that Mormon faith would be an issue or a deciding factor in their vote.
On Friday a pastor from Texas shared some combative views his audience.
The pastor named Robert Jeffress shared to the reporters that no republicans should vote for Mitt Romney. The pastor urges republican voters to side with Rick Perry. The pastor discourages anyone to vote for Mitt Romney for the simple fact that he’s a Mormon, “and described the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a ‘cult.".
Michael Purdy, a announcer for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints, did not comment back to Robert Jeffress controversial comment but he did say "But those who want to understand the centrality of Christ to our faith can learn more about us and what we believe by going to mormon.org,"
Mitt Romney has unfortunately pushed away some of his potential voters by sharing his Mormon faith with America. There are some people who believe that Romney is a well rounded man with good values and morals but aren’t happy with his Mormon faith. These potential supporters are now leaning towards Rick Perry for the republican nomination. For supporters like this religion is a big deciding factor of their vote. They will only choose a firm Christian follower. In the same manner, the Southern Baptist Convention branded Mormonism as a “cult”. The Southern Baptist Convention have their own website in which they listed Mormonism under the “New Religions and Cults” tab.
Rick Perry on the other hand expresses that he does not believe that Mormonism is a cult. He doesn’t agree with some of the views and criticism that some of his supporters do.
During the election Mitt Romney hasn’t hid his religion but he certainly hasn’t been very open to talk about it until recently. In plain view Mormonism is like Christianity but Mormonism has gotten a bad reputation because of their past polygamy beliefs. Polygamy is a concept which stands for a marriage with multiple partners. In fact today polygamy isn’t practiced as much as they use to practice it of not at all.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
week 3
Kaine talks about the mid term plan. The race is more uphill this year because people are in bad shape and want to see change. He believes that he will exceed in his plan. Want to reach out in health insurance issues, Effort to engage first time voters
Brent Wilkes is on the league of Untied Latin Americans and he speaks about how Latinos aren’t active enough and the reasons. Immigrants don’t make themselves seen by the authorities. But they should be voting and most don’t because unless they eel they absolutely have to because most o them are illegal immigrants.
importance of latino voters
Latinos are being pushed to vote. They are not to enthusiastic as they were before 2008. They can be a swing vote. 58% are more enthusiastic about voting. Hispanics can make a difference. Have the potential to be the deciding factor in these elections.
obama stands up for the gay soldiers week 3
As the presidential elections approach, President Obama has to think of ways to convince the people of the United States to re-instate him for another term as president. One of the ways that Obama has decided to go about this, is to remind the people of his big political change in the gay community. One of the presidents goals for this upcoming election is to encourage the entire gay community to be on his side during the voting process by reminding these people of the great positive impact he made on their lives by passing the bill for gay and lesbian marriages. This article even goes as far as too become reminiscent of a time when a gay soldier from Iraq was booed off of stage by politician; however, Obama uses this incident of childishness to his defense in supporting the gay soldiers and not judging people that are willing to fight for their country. The gay community in New York should be thankful to Obama in his attempt to support and recognize the gay community in a way that other politicians and people have not done in the past and even still in the present. In a way, president Obama is technically saying that the way that the gay community should pay him back for passing the gay marriage law is by voting for him in the next election to give him another term in presidency. Obama is also finding ways to push the gay community away from supporting any other politicians by recognizing the incident in which a gay soldier was booed off of the stage; therefore, pushing people to see Obama in a good light by not being judgmental of these gay soldiers. Soldiers are people that are brave enough to fight and are willing to sacrifice their lives for the stake of our country. Someone who is putting their life at risk in the name of their country should not be penalized in society because of sexual orientation, someone who is putting their live on the risk for our country should be respected for who they are, gay or straight. Obama is obviously aware of this argument and uses it to his advantage as a way to lean over to his side in the election process. The president was smart to come up with a political stand such as this to encourage a larger amount of votes on his side for the upcoming election. Obama is well aware that his chances at becoming president for a second term in presidency might not be looking up to par which is why he is deciding to use a topic like this as a way to earn more votes. People in the gay community and people that support the gay community will most likely feed into this argument and be willing to be on the side of president Obama throughout the election for this term. As it looks as though Obama is winning the hearts over of the gay community for the up coming election, now what he has to look to are ways to win over the other percentage of the population in which do not support Obamas’ support in the gay community.
Sarah Palin week 3
Sarah Palin is an interesting character in politics. It may seem like she just hopped from a housewife into running or president but Palin has actually been in politics for sometime now. She put her foot in the door in 1992 when she won the first two terms in the Wisilla city council. Following by winning the first two terms as Wisilla's mayor in 1996. She then went on to win the governorship of Alaska in 2006. Through out all of this Palin simply explained it as following gods plan. She stated that "my life is in gods hands". She says that god started talking to her about going into politics and that's how it started. Through the eyes of Joe Mcginniss she is the "Christ-drunk Paris Hilton of politics", Mcginniss believes that she should stay on her in Wisilla and leave the presidential elections alone. Many people believe that she just likes to put on a show and stay in the light of politics. Mcginniss mentions how certain people describe her time in office, they say that it was “nothing short of a reign of terror” and they fear that the "vicious and vengeful” Palin can still punish her critics, even though she holds no political office today." In her time she has fired many city employees, pushed out certain government employers whom she disliked, harassed the library bookkeepers about holding gay content books, and pushed for officials to fire her brother in law from the police force. She pretty much bullied her way through Wasilla. Personally there are a couple of unnamed sources who say that Palin has severe mood swings, have partaken in cocaine, her marriage is dull and barely even a marriage, he husband Todd takes care of this children. There is also talk about Palin potentially being a racist in some form. In 1987 Palin had sexual activity with a basketball star named Glen Rice. He states that she was very nice and had a crush on her for a while after as they used to keep in touch but another source says that Palin had a major freakout after the incident and was crying hysterically because she had sex with a "black man"
Palin remains unsure on whether or not to join the 2011 presidential elections, although she is very confident that she will win. "she believes Americans are 'desperate' and 'deserving' of 'positive change." She states that she doesn't believe that she is the only person or the job or the only person that can achieve this but she does think that she can win the election. She is relying on her family to help her make a decision because if they think that she shouldn't then she will stay out of the election. She does however have support from her husband Todd.
Palin remains unsure on whether or not to join the 2011 presidential elections, although she is very confident that she will win. "she believes Americans are 'desperate' and 'deserving' of 'positive change." She states that she doesn't believe that she is the only person or the job or the only person that can achieve this but she does think that she can win the election. She is relying on her family to help her make a decision because if they think that she shouldn't then she will stay out of the election. She does however have support from her husband Todd.
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